The Slits to Return With Trapped Animal

Thirty years ago, the Slits set the game on fire with Cut, the album that finally turned the British punk scene's reggae fixation into a fully realized apocalyptic roar. Their torn-apart version of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" remains the gold standard in violently recontextualized punk covers. After Cut, the band released one more album, 1981's Return of the Giant Slits, and then disintegrated.

In 2006, frontwomanAri Up reunited with original member Tessa Pollitt and started playing shows as the Slits again. But up until now, the only recorded evidence of the reunion has been a three-song EP called Revenge of the Giant Slits. On October 6, the Slits will make their full-length return when Narnack releases Trapped Animal, their first album since reuniting. The tracklist is below.

This incarnation of the Slits, it should be pointed out, is multi-generational. The band's new lineup features Up, Pollitt, Anna Schlute, Adele Wilson, and Hollie Cook, the daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook. Aww!